Author: Kelly and Geoff

The phone is FINALLY back on

Just wanted to let everyone know that the home phone is working again.  Hopefully that will last a while.   So call us.  While you still can.

-Geoff

P.S.  Yes, I know Kelly had already posted about this, but she did not emphasize the urgency that comes with never knowing when the phone will go out again.  It’s like we live in a Third World country.  Thanks, Verizon.

P.P.S. Of course, putting FiOS in would solve this problem, so if anyone from Verizon wants to go ahead and do that, we don’t mind.

Spring Boston Area Music Making

Apparently a lot of the people I know are making a lot of music in the next few weeks.  I’ve posted everything I know about below.  If I’ve forgotten anything please let me know.  I encourage you all to attend everything you can, I know at least one person involved in each of the below and they’re all great.

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Music at Mission: Ensemble St. Germain- Sunday May 20th, 2012 3:00pm

Hi folks.  It’s taken me a few days to get the information together on this one, but I’m pleased to announce that I’ll be appearing with the Ensemble St. Germain in the final Music at Mission concert of the season.

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Home phone not working… again.

Kelly and I wanted to let everyone know that our home phone is no longer working as of this past Tuesday.  A tech came by on Thursday and we thought he fixed everything, but apparently that is not the case.  So we have been almost a week without a home phone.  We will let you know when it is working again.

This is really really really getting old.

-Geoff

A sign of our technological brilliance… and our general social ignorance.

Kelly found an article on Boston.com recently about the new application for smart phones that allows people to report a complaint if they feel they have been treated unfairly by the TSA.  It was created by the Sikh Coalition, who saw the need for it probably because so many Americans, including many of those who should know better, can’t tell the difference between a Sikh and a Muslim.

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Our little garden

For over 15 years, I have been a gardener.  Specifically, an heirloom gardener and an organic gardener.  Although I have always had at least a passing interest in gardening and farming because of my grandparents, I developed an intense interest in them after I started volunteering at Burritt Museum and Park (now known as Burritt on the Mountain) way back in 1995.  With some very good mentors (the curator and some experienced guides from the historic park) I quickly learned how to appreciate the older varieties of vegetables that would have been recognizable to someone living in the 19th century.   I also learned about herbs and their long history of cultivation.

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Upcoming Boston Music Events

As my New Job has finally been able to update the website, I’ve now been able to update my resume.  That also means that I can do things like advertise cool opera related things here like discounted tickets.  As I’ve also picked up some part time work at the Harvard Book Store working their events, I figured I should point out some upcoming events that might be interesting to the music geeks who read this blog.

Please note, as it says at the very bottom of the page, this is our blog and I am posting this as a service to my readers and friends, not because I’ve been asked to by my employer(s) or because it benefits me in any way.  (Other than giving me something nifty to write about.)

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